UK or USA- British and American English trivia quiz
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Lesson Plan Content:
UK or USA- British and American English trivia quiz
Read out a line from your worksheet and see if your partner can guess if it is about the UK
(the underlined one) or about the USA. Don’t change the wording, as the hint includes both
useful facts and British or American English words or expressions. If their guess is right,
they get two points. If they are not sure or don’t understand the hint, they can ask for the
other hint in the same section and then guess which one is British and which is American.
A correct guess after two hints gets one point. Take turns doing that for your partner and
guessing if their sentences are about the UK or USA until your teacher stops you.
Useful language for doing the activity
I think it’s the UK/ USA.
I’m not sure. Can I have the second hint?
I think the first one is American and the second one is British.
Match the UK words on the left with US ones with the same meanings on the right. …
means that you need to use words from the one on the left.
cash machine/ cashpoint
alternative
bank holiday
ATM
chemist/ chemist’s
cell…
indie
DA/ district attorney
football pitch
drugstore
postcode
grad school student
postgrad
national…
public prosecutor
R-rated
mobile phone
season…
second year student
soccer field
series two
sophomore
18 certificate
zip…
cinema
junior
third year student
labor…
tracksuit
liberal arts
estate agent
main…
trade union
movie theater
TV series
president
prime minister
realtor
text
sales clerk
sports kit
… serial
high street
SMS
humanities
sweats
shop assistant
… uniform
closet
wardrobe
Check with the worksheets below.
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Student A
Where was the highest ever temperature thirty eight point seven degrees Celsius in
Cambridgeshire?
Where was the lowest ever temperature minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Montana?
Where are Citibank ATMs from?
Where are HSBC cash machines from?
Where is the bank holiday May Day celebrated?
Where is the national holiday Labor Day celebrated?
Where is Boots the Chemist from?
Where is the drugstore Walgreens from?
Where is the alternative rock group Nirvana from?
Where is the indie group Oasis from?
Where are LSE freshers studying?
Where are MIT freshmen studying?
Where is Brighton and Hove Albion’s football pitch?
Where is the Portland Timbers’ soccer field?
Where is the postcode SW1 5TE used?
Where is the zip code 90210 used?
Where are Imperial college postgrads studying?
Where are Stanford grad school students studying?
Where did Keir Starmer (now head of the Labour Party) work as a public prosecutor?
Where did Vice President Kamala Harris work as a DA (= district attorney)?
Where is the cell phone company AT&T from?
Where is the mobile phone company Vodaphone from?
Where is a Durham university second year student studying?
Where is a Princeton sophomore studying?
Where is Friends Season Two from?
Where is Sherlock Series Two from?
Where is the 18 certificate film Trainspotting from?
Where is the R rated film The Wolf of Wall Street from?
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Student B
Where is AMC Movie Theaters from?
Where is Cineworld Cinemas from?
Where is a junior Yale student studying?
Where is a third year University of Liverpool student studying?
Where do Nike sweats come from?
Where does a Mitre tracksuit come from?
Where are Savills estate agents from?
Where is the realtor Century 21 from?
Where is the Teamsters labor union based?
Where is the UNISON trade union based?
Where is the television serial Keeping Up with the Kardashians from?
Where is the television series Top Gear from?
Where was President Gerald Ford from?
Where was Prime Minister Harold Wilson from?
Where do you send a text to an O2 phone?
Where do you send an SMS to a Verizon phone?
Where is the Boston Celtics sports uniform from?
Where is the Leicester City sports kit from?
Where is Cardiff High Street?
Where is Nantucket Main Street?
Where is UCL humanities department?
Where is UCLA liberal arts department?
Where is a sales clerk in Walmart working?
Where is a shop assistant in Sainsbury’s working?
Where are Habitat wardrobes from?
Where are Pottery Barn closets from?
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